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THURSDAY. DECEMBER 29. 2016 PICKENS COUNTY PROGRESS PAGE 11A Getting Married? Share your good news with friends and family! Send a clear photo and concise story to articles@pickensprogress.com Deadline is noon Monday for that week’s paper Submissions are free of charge. • Weddings • Birthdays • Anniversaries • Reunions • Meetings • Student News Duncans celebrate Golden Anniversary Happy 50th wedding anniversary to Don and Flaudie Duncan - December 28, 1966 - December 28, 2016 We love you, Your Children, Grandchildren and Great Grandchild Birthdays at the Senior Center Senior Center celebrates December birthdays with the Jasper Lions Club. From left: Ken Austin, JoAnn Wein- traub, Ray Ferrell. County offices holiday closings Pickens County govern ment offices will be closed Monday, January 2 for New Years holiday. Students named to Georgia College Dean's List The following students completed courses with ex emplary marks and made the Dean's List for the 2016 fall semester at Georgia College in Milledgeville, Ga. From Ball Ground - Kea- gan Crowe, Matthew Brog- den, McKenzie Cleghorn, and Jonathan Hodges. Jennifer Pope of Talking Rock and Meredith Miller of Jasper. Georgia College, the state's designated public lib eral arts university, combines the educational experience expected at esteemed private liberal arts colleges with the affordability of public higher education. Coin Collector’s Club The Pickens County Coin Collector’s Club meets at the Dean Center at Amicalola EMC, 544 Hwy. 515, Jasper, across from the Bargain Bam, on the first and third Tuesday of each month at 5:30 p.m. For more info call Butch at 770-324-8724. Marble Valley Friends Marble Valley Friends meet the first Thursday of each month at 7 p.m. In the winter months they meet at Tate Community Room and summer at the Old Tate Gym. Grief support Georgia Mountains Hos pice offers an open Grief Group meeting monthly on the first Thursday of every month at 10 a.m. in the Stan- cil Room of their building at 70 Caring Way in Jasper. The group is led by a professional bereavement counselors. Serving Cherokee, Pickens, Dawson, Murray, Gilmer, Fannin and Union since 1993. Call 706-253-4100 or 1-800-692-7199. TOPS TopsGa 596 Jasper will be meeting every Wednesday from 5:30-6:30 p.m at the Pickens Recreation Center, Camp Rd. Fall 2016 Dean's List at Berry The following students have been named to the Berry College Fall 2016 Dean's List. From Ball Ground: Bailey Hanner, Andy Eddington and Nick O'Connor. From Talking Rock: Rebecca Hyatt and Kayla Low. The Dean's List honors students who posted an aca demic average of 3.5 or bet ter on a 4.0 scale while carrying a class load of at least 12 hours during the se mester. Berry College is an inde pendent, coeducational col lege recognized nationally for the quality and value of its educational experience. College leaders from across the country chose Berry Col lege as the nation's number one "Up-And-Coming" lib eral arts college, according to the 2014 U.S. News Best Colleges rankings. Volunteer Piedmont Mountainside Hospital Auxiliary is accept ing applications for member ship in the Auxiliary. If you are interested in being a vol unteer at the hospital, come by the Gift Shop and pick up an application. The rewards are too many to count - you just can’t take it to the bank! Volunteer Good Samaritan Health and Wellness Center needs volunteers. We always need doctors, dentists, pharma cists, lab techs, nurses and others with medical experi ence. And we always need help with greeter escorts, making appointments, phone calls, office work, medical records and social services. To find out more about how you can give back to your community please call our volunteer office at 706-253- 4673 or e-mail: volunteer @goodsamhwc.org Volunteer Volunteers needed in the activities Department at Grandview Health Care Cen ter. We need individuals as well as groups that would like to make a difference in the lives of our residents. If you can donate at least an hour of your time each month or quarterly, please contact Activities Director Sounya Stokes at 706-692-6323. DiPuma receives national honor PHS student recognized for superior academic achievement by The Na tional Society of High School Scholars The National Society of High School Scholars an nounced Nicholas DiPuma of Talking Rock has been se lected to be a member of the esteemed organization. The Society recognizes top schol ars who have demonstrated outstanding leadership, scholarship and community commitment. The announce ment was made by NSHSS Founder and Chairman Claes Nobel, senior member of the family that established the Nobel Prizes. “On behalf of NSHSS, I am honored to recognize the hard work, sacrifice and commitment that Nicholas has demonstrated to achieve this exceptional level of aca demic excellent,” said Nobel. “Nicholas is now a member of a unique community of scholars - a community that represents our very best hope for the future.” “We are proud to provide lifetime membership to young scholars to support their growth and develop ment,” stated NSHSS Presi dent James W. Lewis. “We aim to help students like Nicholas build on their aca demic success by connecting them with unique learning experienced and resources to help prepare them for college and meaningful careers.” NSHSS members auto matically become lifetime members at the time of their initial membership. At each step along the way - from high school to college to ca reer - NSHSS connects out standing young scholars with the resources they need to de velop their strengths and pur sue their passions. Planning an event? Let Keep Pickens Beauti ful loan you recycle contain ers. For more information call KPB at 706-253-3600. Narcotics Anonymous Drug Problem? Local meetings. Call for meeting times, 770-893-8991. Volunteer Assured Hospice Care needs volunteers to provide companionship or stay with patients while a family mem ber runs an errand or goes to the grocery store. Training is provided. If you have 2-4 hours a week or month to care for others, please call Assured Hospice Care at 770-387-9578. Weight Loss Group Choose to Lose - New weight loss group will meet at the Pickens County Com munity Center Room #1 every Friday morning. Weigh in time is between 9 a.m. and 9:30 a.m. Meeting runs from 9:30 a.m. to 10:30 a.m. No charge. Call Pat Groves for more information at 1-417- Non-Profits sought for FREE Website Inspired 2 Design, a local website design company, is accepting applications for their annual 2017 Gifted Website. This tradition began in 2008 when the company was approached and asked if they could redesign a site for a charity, only the catch was...the organization had no money in the budget. Since then John and Linda Lullie, owners of the market ing company, look forward to gifting a website each year to an organization that’s making a difference in the commu nity. “Last year we were able to help the Holiday Market in Jasper with a new website,” said Mrs. Lullie. “We were happy to provide the group with a tool to register ven dors, sell tickets and get the word out about the event that raises money for needs in Pickens county.” If you know of a charita ble organization in need, they can find and complete the ap plication on the company’s website www.inspired2de- sign.com or on Facebook. The deadline for submission is January 31, 2017. Dowis makes Dean's List at Belmont University Jamie Dowis, a Ball Ground native, qualified for the Fall 2016 Dean's List at Belmont University. Eligibil ity is based on a minimum course load of 12 hours and a quality grade point average of 3.5 with no grade below a C. Approximately 30 percent of Belmont's 7,700 students qualified for the Fall 2016 Dean's List. Belmont Provost Dr. Thomas Bums said, "This achievement for the fall se mester indicates that these students have placed a high priority on their work at Bel mont and have invested time and energy in their studies. It is our strong belief that con sistent application in this manner will reap great bene fits, which will equip them for a lifetime of learning and growing." North Ga. Airborne Monthly meetings! Field trips, outings, military events. Contact Gary Weller 678-94 3 -19 3 5; garysweller@gmail.com Anyone who is currently serving on active duty on jump status or has ever served in any of the uni formed services on either jump or glider status and was honorably discharged are welcome. Go to www.nga-airbome-assoc.org for the next meeting time, lo cation and date. North Georgia Pregnancy Center The North Georgia Preg nancy Center can be reached online at www.ngapreg- nancy.org The Pregnancy Center is located in Jasper and has contact, events, serv ices and other information listed on the site. The Center offers free pregnancy tests, parenting and birthing courses, maternity and baby clothes, counseling and more. Old Tate Gym Rental Through the efforts of Marble Valley Friends, the Old Tate Gym is available for community use. The gym, built in 1925 and now on the National Registry of Historic Places, is suitable for a vari ety of gatherings and activi ties. To check on the gym’s availability and suitability for your plans or to arrange a rental date, call 678-454- 5477 and leave a message. Someone will return your call quickly. TOPS meeting Take Off Pounds Sensibly meets every Tuesday at 5 at Cool Springs Baptist Church, 4671 Hwy. 53 E, Tate. For in formation call Vickie at 706- 897-2376. Chronic Pain support A Chronic Pain and Chronic Illness Group meets on Thursday from 11:30 to 12:30 at Crazy Dog Art Gallery. For more informa tion call 404-277-7669 and 706-253-7593. Volunteer for Meals- On-Wheels The Pickens County Sen ior Center needs volunteers to deliver Meals-on-Wheels. Mileage is paid at 500 a mile. Please call 706-692- 6133 or e-mail Kbolt@NGCAinc.com AA Monday - Friday at 6 p.m. Also Monday at 7:30 a.m. Sunday meeting at 4. Turn on Burnt Mtn. Road; 3-way stop turn right on Cove Road; about 2 miles turn right on Griffith Road (Holy Family Episcopal Church). Follow signs to food pantry located at the back of the church property (past Simday School building). Pick up the phone - not a drink. Contact num ber, 706-253-2323. They also meet on Mon day and Friday at 7 p.m. at Trinity Church at 2685 Steve Tate Hwy., Marble Hill. Call 770-401-7004. Al-Anon *Al-Anon meets at noon on Tues. at the Episcopal Church of the Holy Family, 202 Griffith Rd., Jasper. From Cove Rd., turn onto Griffith Rd. and go .2 mile to the double-wide trailer on the right. Enter at the front door and go left. *Al-Anon meets at Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church, 108 Waleska Hwy., Jasper on Wednesdays at 4 p.m. From Waleska Hwy., enter the parking lot at the mail boxes. Go to double-wide on the right and enter the right door. For information, contact Alice at 770-843-6755. *Al-Anon meets Fridays at 7 p.m. at Trinity Church, 2685 Steve Tate Hwy., Mar ble Hill. Enter downstairs at the back of the building and go through the Gathering Room. For information call 678-234-4103. Overeaters Anonymous Overeaters Anonymous meets in the mobile unit on the 515 side of Our Lady of the Mountains Catholic Church. Meetings are on Wednesdays at 6:30 p.m. and Saturday at 10 a.m. For infor mation call Mary, 253-3094 or Sue, 706-268-3576. Spanakopita (Greek Spinach Pie) 3 Tbs. olive oil 1 large onion, chopped 1 bunch green onions, chopped 2 cloves garlic, minced 2 lbs. spinach, rinsed and chopped 1/2 cup chopped fresh parsley 2 eggs lightly beaten 1/2 cup ricotta cheese 1 cup crumbled feta cheese 8 sheets phyllo dough 1/4 cup olive oil Preheat oven to 350. Lightly oil 9x9 baking pan. Heat 3 Tbs. olive oil in large skillet over medium heat. Sautee onion, green onions and garlic until soft and lightly browned. Stir in spinach and parsley and sautee until spinach is limp, about 2 min utes. Remove from heat and set aside to cool. In medium bowl mix eggs, ricotta and feta. Stir in spinach mixture. Lay one sheet of phyllo in baking pan and brush with oil. Repeat process with three more layers of phyllo. Spread mixture into pan and fold overhanging dough over filling. Brush with oil then layer remaining 4 sheets of phyllo brushing each with oil. Tuck over hanging dough into pan to seal. Bake 30 to 40 minutes until golden brown. Cut into squares and serve hot. Have a recipe you would like to share with the community? Send it to areinhardt@pickensprogressonline.com